Kosaku Anakubo has two pet cats, Chinmi and Aiya. There are many references to his cats' names in early chapters of the manga.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Anakubo's most famous work is the Pokémon gag manga, Pokémon Pocket Monsters. It was one of the first ever Pokémon manga. It is one of the longest-running Pokémon manga series to date and is very well-known in Japan. It has been serialized in CoroCoro ever since its beginnings. The manga is about the adventures of a young boy named Red and his rude Clefairy. After fourteen volumes, the original series has ended, but the adventures of the main characters continue in Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire, which takes place in Hoenn, Pocket Monsters DP, which takes place in Sinnoh, and Pocket Monsters HGSS, in which the main characters return to Johto.